Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz qualified for the Paris Olympics for Team USA this week.
A transgender athlete qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team this week sparked controversy on social media.Earlier this week, Nikki Hiltz, a transgender and nonbinary runner, qualified for the U.S. Olympic team heading to the Paris Olympics later this year.'woke up an Olympian,' Hiltz, who uses they/them pronouns, wrote in a social media post on Monday. 'Yesterday afternoon in Eugene Oregon a childhood dream of mine came true.
Olympic team, a number of social media users spoke up, with some in support while others expressed criticism.'Can we please not pretend this is the same as Lia Thomas attempting to compete in women's swimming at the Olympics? This is a woman competing in the women's category. No one is opposed to this,' Jennifer Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics, wrote in a post to X, formerly Twitter. 'The headline should read: Hiltz headed to Paris Olympics.
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